<st class="chapnum"><wd>July</wd> <wd>1</wd> </st>
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<st class="chaptitle"><wd>Life</wd> <wd>isn’t</wd> <wd>about</wd> <wd>finding</wd> <wd>yourself.</wd> </st>
<st class="chaptitle"><wd>Life</wd> <wd>is</wd> <wd>about</wd> <wd>creating</wd> <wd>yourself.</wd> </st>
<tp><st class="chaptitle2"><wd>George</wd> <wd>Bernard</wd> <wd>Shaw</wd> </st>
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<p><st><wd>Trying</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>“find</wd> <wd>yourself"</wd> <wd>is</wd> <wd>like</wd> <wd>searching</wd> <wd>for</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>sunglasses</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>are</wd> <wd>perched</wd> <wd>on</wd> <wd>top</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>your</wd> <wd>head.</wd> </st>
<st><wd>They</wd> <wd>were</wd> <wd>never</wd> <wd>lost</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>first</wd> <wd>place,</wd> </st>
<st><wd>and</wd> <wd>neither</wd> <wd>are</wd> <wd>you!</wd> <SUP class="li">(1)</SUP> </st>
<st><wd>Think</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>yourself</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>terms</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>raw</wd> <wd>materials:</wd> <SUP class="li">(2)</SUP> </st>
<st><wd>body,</wd> <wd>brain,</wd> <wd>ears,</wd> <wd>mouth,</wd> <wd>eyes,</wd> <wd>strength,</wd> <wd>skills,</wd> <wd>potential.</wd> </st>
<st><wd>Imagine</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>you’re</wd> <wd>an</wd> <wd>artist,</wd> </st>
<st><wd>working</wd> <wd>with</wd> <wd>those</wd> <wd>materials</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>create</wd> <wd>something</wd> <wd>entirely</wd> <wd>new</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>wonderful?</wd> </st>
<st><wd>a</wd> <wd>painting,</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>sculpture,</wd> <wd>perhaps</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>collage.</wd> </st>
<st><wd>Now</wd> <wd>see</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>final</wd> <wd>product</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>your</wd> <wd>mind.</wd> </st>
<st><wd>What</wd> <wd>kind</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>self</wd> <wd>can</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>create?</wd> </st>
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<st class="chaptitle3"><wd>Today</wd> </st>
<st class="chaptitle4"><wd>I’ll</wd> <wd>take</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>step</wd> <wd> toward</wd> <wd> creating</wd> <wd>myself</wd> </st>
